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Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.

Cesare Pavese

I thought of how many places there are in the world that belong in this way to someone, who has it in his blood beyond anyone else’s understanding.
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Blood Myself Place Thinking Understand World
Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone else’s body.
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Body Hate Spirit
We can all do good deeds, but very few of us can think good thoughts.
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Goodness Thinking Work
The real affliction of old age is remorse.
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Affliction Age Old Reality
I am the captain of my destiny, I do not abandon the ship in hard times, But, I do have sense enough not to go down with the ship.
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Abandonment Captain Destiny Enough Hard Time Myself
Here’s the difficulty about suicide: it is an act of ambition that can be committed only when one has passed beyond ambition.
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Act Ambition Beyond Difficult Pass Suicide
All our “most sacred affections ” are merely prosaic habit.
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Affection Habit Scared
A man is never completely alone in this world. At the worst, he has the company of a boy, a youth, and by and by a grown man – the one he used to be.
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Boy Growth Himself Man Philosophy Wisdom Youth
A man succeeds in completing a work only when his qualities transcend that work.
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Complete Man Success Transcendence Work
The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.
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Forget Life Memories Rich
Suicides are timid murderers. Masochism instead of Sadism.
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Character Nature Suicide
The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies. The fearful thing about it is that, not knowing what truth may be, we can still recognize lies.
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Art Believe Live Lying Recognition
A decision, an action, are infallible omens of what we shall do another time, not for any vague, mystic, astrological reason but because they result from an automatic reaction that will repeat itself.
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Action Decision Reaction Repeat Result Time
We like to have work to do, so as to have the right to rest.
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Rest Right Work
Great lovers will always be unhappy, because, for them, love is of supreme importance. Consequently they demand of their beloved the same intensity of thought as they have for her, otherwise they feel betrayed.
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Greatness Happiness Important Intensity Love Lover
But the real, tremendous truth is this: suffering serves no purpose whatever.
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Purpose Reality Service Suffering Truth

Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.

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